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Definition of Persued
1. persue [v] - See also: persue
Lexicographical Neighbors of Persued
Literary usage of Persued
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Kirk of Scotland by David Calderwood (1843)
"The Lord Ruthven persued the Maister of Oliphant before the Justice-Generall.
The Maister was assisted by William ..."
2. Publications by Dorset Record Society, Ohio Civil War Centennial Commission, Ohio Historical Society (1905)
"... Purves above designed being persued at the instance of ... of scandal persued
befor the said Judge at the instance of William Watson Tennent in ..."
3. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1852)
"After we were thus persued, and apprehended under the name of erronious persons
and strangers, and by their Court condemned and sentenced as ..."
4. Journals of the Military Expedition of Major General John Sullivan Against by New York (State). Secretary's Office, Frederick Cook (1887)
"Hands With Some Lite Troops persued them about a mile, When they were fired on
from the top of a hill by about 30 Indians Who Run off as soon as the fire ..."
5. Report of the Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of by Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Richards, John M. Buckalew, Sheldon Reynolds, Jay Gilfillan Weiser, George Dallas Albert (1896)
"... 4 O'c afternoon I persued my Journey. 5. I lay sick by the way within five
milds of Easton. 6. Came to Easton and paid my Respects to Maj'r Persons. 7. ..."
6. The State Records of North Carolina by North Carolina, Walter Clark, William Laurence Saunders, Stephen Beauregard Weeks (1907)
"Myself with 14 more persued about 20 miles with an intention of rescuing them,
... The Rebels persued us all night, and in the morning, we perceived them ..."
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